DocumentCode :
1181088
Title :
Wide-band tuning of the gain spectra of one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Marhic, M.E. ; Wong, K.K.-Y. ; Kazovsky, L.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Volume :
10
Issue :
5
fYear :
2004
Firstpage :
1133
Lastpage :
1141
Abstract :
By suitably choosing the fiber properties, and by tuning the pump wavelength near the fiber zero-dispersion wavelength, one can in principle generate a wide variety of one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier gain spectra. These can range from a very wide single region to two symmetric narrow gain regions far away from the pump. We have experimentally verified these predictions. With a highly nonlinear fiber, we have inferred the existence of gain over a single 400-nm region and measured a maximum on-off gain of 65 dB. With a common dispersion-shifted fiber, we have obtained tunable gain regions less than 1 nm wide, up to 200 nm from the pump; we have also shifted these by several nanometers by lowering the fiber temperature to 0/spl deg/C.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical tuning; dispersion-shifted fiber; fiber zero-dispersion wavelength; one-pump fiber optical parametric amplifiers; wide-band gain-spectra tuning; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gain measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Parametric amplifiers; tunable amplifiers; tunable filters;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1077-260X
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2004.835298
Filename :
1366387
Link To Document :
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